Analysis of Broken glass
I trusted you
If only I knew
That what we had
Would end so bad
I trusted you with my heart
I trusted you with my secrets
But you left me in the dark
You left me speechless
With sharp shards
And deep scars
You left me
Like broken glass
| Scheme | AABB XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 1101 11011 1111 1111 1101111 11011110 1111001 11110 111 011 111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 242 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
It's about relationships, in all forms, that are negative and that causes emotional pain. The poem is about someone who trusted another and gave up everything in life to make them happy only to realize that the person the thought they knew was not really true and know they are struggling to accept it.
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